Advent of Code 2023 Day 3 (BaseA Style)

[AlteryxCommunityTeam]

Discussion thread for day 3 of the Advent of Code - https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/3

[cjaneczko]

I had to look at a few peoples workflows to get started on this one. This was too complex for me to solve with no help.

[Carolyn]

@gawa Wow, that's a really cool way to solve this one... I tried with Spatial Tools for a bit but gave up. Yours is so pretty

[estherb47]

Initially tried a spatial approach, which wasn't working for some version. It should, but didn't. I'll compare the workflows eventually.

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[leonhekkert]

Think I found a way that is way more complicated than necessary, but got there in the end. :)

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[dyamaguchi]

My solution. 

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[CandiceDB]

Part one solution only at this point......those pesky elves! 😊

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[StevenP]

My Solution; definitely took a bit of time to get part 1 working but once I got that set up part 2 was surprisingly a breeze

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[alisonpitt]

I've never built a grid like this before...it was kind of fun! I felt very clever figuring out the adjacent characters 😎

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[leozhang2work]

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[lwolfie]

I definitely struggled with this one.